Playoff
Sun 19 Apr · FINAL
Cardiff Devils CAR 5
Sheffield Steelers SHE 2
xG 4.7-3.3
Playoff
Sun 19 Apr · FINAL
Manchester Storm MAN 2
Glasgow Clan GLA 3
xG 2.2-3.2
Belfast Giants
Belfast Giants
3 – 1
Sheffield Steelers
Sheffield Steelers
1ST 1–0 2ND 1–0 3RD 1–1
FINAL
League
Friday 27 Feb 2026 SSE Arena, Belfast Att: 7,314
55%
45%
2.87 xG Expected Win Probability 2.58 xG
54%
46%
Pre-Game Prediction · Even matchup
xG Timeline
Game Momentum
Shot Map
Belfast Giants BEL
Sheffield Steelers SHE
Goal Save Block Miss
Top xG Contributors

Belfast Giants BEL

1 David Goodwin 0.64 3 SOG
2 Scott Conway 0.44 6 SOG
3 Jordan Kawaguchi 0.42 4 SOG

Sheffield Steelers SHE

1 Brett Ritchie 0.91 9 SOG
2 Mitchell Balmas 0.26 6 SOG
3 Stephen Harper 0.26 4 SOG
Goaltending

Belfast Giants BEL

#73 Jake Kupsky
25
Saves
1
GA
96.2%
SV%
60:00
TOI

Sheffield Steelers SHE

#1 Matthew Greenfield
26
Saves
2
GA
92.9%
SV%
58:54
TOI
Team Stats
29
Shots on Goal
26
44
Shot Attempts
51
0/1
Power Play
1/1
24
Faceoffs Won
22
2
PIM
2
SOG BY PERIOD
17
1ST
11
5
2ND
9
7
3RD
6
Faceoffs
BEL 52.2%
47.8% SHE
24 / 22 (46)
FACEOFF W%
22 / 24 (46)

Belfast Giants Belfast Giants

NameWLTotW%
Scott Conway 14 8 22 63.6%
Jake Gaudet 6 2 8 75%
Ben Lake 3 3 6 50%
Brandon Whistle 1 3 4 25%
Nicolas Guay 0 3 3 0%
Ciaran Long 0 3 3 0%

Sheffield Steelers Sheffield Steelers

NameWLTotW%
Mitchell Balmas 5 9 14 35.7%
Mitchell Heard 7 4 11 63.6%
Robert Dowd 3 8 11 27.3%
Patrick Watling 5 1 6 83.3%
Stephen Harper 1 1 2 50%
Ivan Bjorkly Nordstrom 0 1 1 0%
Mikko Juusola 1 0 1 100%
Scoring Summary
1st Period
15:16
JJ Piccinich (David Goodwin, Scott Conway)
2nd Period
18:17
Gabe Bast (Brandon Whistle, Bo Hanson)
3rd Period
7:45
Stephen Harper (Dominic Cormier, Mitchell Balmas) PP
19:59
David Goodwin (Josh Roach) EN
Penalty Summary
2nd Period
8:03
Evan Jasper Slashing — 2 min
18:17
Brett Ritchie Tripping — 0 min
3rd Period
6:05
Gabe Bast Slashing — 2 min
Player Stats

Belfast Giants Belfast Giants

#NameGAPTS+/-PIMSOGTOI
64 David Goodwin 1 1 2 +2 0 3 18:31
12 JJ Piccinich 1 0 1 +2 0 3 20:15
42 Gabe Bast 1 0 1 +2 2 2 17:31
3 Bo Hanson 0 1 1 +3 0 4 17:58
10 Scott Conway 0 1 1 +3 0 4 19:47
74 Brandon Whistle 0 1 1 +1 0 0 16:24
77 Josh Roach 0 1 1 +1 0 0 17:17
36 Carsen Twarynski 0 0 0 0 0 0 13:08
71 Karl Boudrias 0 0 0 0 0 0 23:09
91 Nicolas Guay 0 0 0 0 0 2 19:30
88 Ryan Smith 0 0 0 +1 0 2 13:43
63 Jake Gaudet 0 0 0 0 0 1 14:46
7 Reid Irwin 0 0 0 0 0 0 17:42
89 Ciaran Long 0 0 0 0 0 2 6:30
29 Jordan Kawaguchi 0 0 0 0 0 3 20:07
23 Mike Lee 0 0 0 0 0 3 22:50
9 Ben Lake 0 0 0 +1 0 0 16:31
8 Ben Freeman 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00
21 Garrett McFadden 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00
28 Kell Beattie 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00
24 Carter Hamill 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00
17 Rhodes Mitchell-King 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00
14 Sam Jones 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00

Sheffield Steelers Sheffield Steelers

#NameGAPTS+/-PIMSOGTOI
15 Stephen Harper 1 0 1 -2 0 3 17:53
58 Dominic Cormier 0 0 0 -3 0 3 27:09
14 Patrick Watling 0 0 0 0 0 1 20:48
13 Mitchell Heard 0 0 0 -2 0 0 17:51
23 Brett Ritchie 0 0 0 -3 0 5 19:05
72 Ivan Bjorkly Nordstrom 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:25
10 Jordon Southorn 0 0 0 -1 0 2 20:05
55 Jack Dougherty 0 0 0 -1 0 0 21:01
62 Evan Jasper 0 0 0 0 2 1 16:36
5 Joona Huttula 0 0 0 0 0 1 17:39
6 Kevin Tansey 0 0 0 0 0 0 17:35
8 Ryan Tait 0 0 0 -1 0 3 23:48
27 Cole Shudra 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:31
63 Mikko Juusola 0 0 0 -1 0 2 20:54
65 Brien Diffley 0 0 0 0 0 2 13:35
67 Reece Kelly 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00
75 Robert Dowd 0 0 0 -1 0 2 23:20
92 Mitchell Balmas 0 0 0 -1 0 1 20:15
44 Kyle Watson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00
66 Liam Steele 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00
77 Derek Gentile 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00
86 Clifford Pu 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00
18 Samuel Tremblay 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00